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Lesser celandine   /lˈɛsər sˈɛləndˌaɪn/   Listen
Lesser celandine

noun
1.
Perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles.  Synonyms: pilewort, Ranunculus ficaria.






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"Lesser celandine" Quotes from Famous Books



... under all the drawbacks of a late and wintry season, his description is perfectly accurate. If any one had gone round the fields on old May-day, the 13th, his May-day, they might have found the deep blue bird's-eye veronica, anemones, star-like stitchworts, cowslips, buttercups, lesser celandine, daisies, white blackthorn, and gorse in bloom—in short, a list enough to make a page bright with colour, though the wind might be bitter. In the coldest and most exposed place I ever lived in, and with a spring as cold as this, the May garlands ...
— Field and Hedgerow • Richard Jefferies



Words linked to "Lesser celandine" :   genus Ranunculus, flower, Ranunculus ficaria, Ranunculus



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